Knowing How To Discuss Race In The Classroom: A Guide For White Teachers On How To Develop and Understand Racial Literacy

By Ashlee A. Jeannot

So, what does this guide provide? Who is this guide for? Who does it benefit? And what will you, the reader, get out of this guide? The purpose of this guide is as follows: ● To equip white teachers with the tools needed to engage in conversations and discussions centered around race*. ● To reach white teachers who do not work in diverse communities or classrooms and also do not understand the importance of discussing race. ● To educate white teachers about recognizing, understanding and acknowledging white privilege(s).● To provide steps to address the emotional toll and impact of race, provide steps and resources to deal with combativeness or resistance from fellow white teachers, white parents, and white students.● To address and combat deficit thinking ideologies as well as raise white teachers' expectations about students of color by acknowledging biases and dismantling color-blindness and mitigating fear of failure.● To provide white teachers with resources to help them understand their impact when working with children from races and ethnicities that have been historically marginalized.● To help you and your colleagues understand and recognize the need for discussing race and the benefits it will have for you and your students. ● To help you develop social-emotional and cultural competence*. As Donahue-Keegan et al. assert, "socially, emotionally and culturally competent teachers are better equipped to reach and equitably teach students with a broad range of backgrounds and social identities--in terms of culture, race, etc" (Donahue-Keegan, Villegas-Reimers, Cressey, 2019, p.151)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1660612586
• ISBN13: 9781660612581
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"